December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction Details

This three day, 2,200 lot sale features items in numerous collecting categories including Native Americana, Firearms, Cowboy, Mining, Railroad & Express, Numismatics & Tokens, Postal History, Gaming, Bottles, and Military.

Highlights include:

*A big batch of Western trade tokens including a large Nevada collection.

*Coins, currency, and checks in our Numismatics section including a Ukiah bank note and a $20 gold piece.

*A Railroad section that includes a large number of Eastern Railroad Passes, including a Jay Gould autograph piece.

*Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express collectibles, including company archives.

*Mining stock certificates, photographs, books, and other ephemera.

*A large Postal History section featuring many hundreds of postcards, many real photo, as well as stamps and other philatelic ephemera.

*Gaming collectibles including an assortment of Nevada casino ashtrays

*A group of Antique Bottles including whiskey, bitters, medicines, and soda.

*A very large General Americana section featuring: a collection of presidential autographed letters, photographs & other ephemera; a large World's Fair & Expositions section full of stereoviews from the Prag Collection; jewelry; Western art; a huge Yosemite & Big Trees section; a big collection of San Francisco documents and early stereoviews; and U.S. documents, trade cards, business cards, and other ephemera.

*Our best Firearms selection to date with an 1869 Sharps Rifle, a rare Flintlock pistol, and rare antique ammunition. Our Firearms & Weaponry section also has Japanese katanas and Chinese swords.

*Military collectibles including a large Civil War section full of Confederate bonds, letters, photographs and more.

*Another world-class offering of Northwest and Southwest Native Americana featuring Nome Gold Rush ivory art and tools, baskets, kachinas, pottery, points, and much more!

*Our Cowboy section has postcards (including a Buffalo Bill collection), photographs, chaps, saddles, and saddle bags.

*A small selection of African and Western taxidermy for your office/den wall.

Full Auction Schedule

Day One, December 1st, 2017 (Lots 1000-1735)

Tokens (Geographic Sort) (1000-1118)

Numismatics (Lots 1119-1152)
Coins (1119-1128)
Checks (1129-1138)
Currency (1139-1146)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (1147-1152)

Railroadiana (Lots 1153-1292)
Passes (1153-1219)
Books (1220-1231)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1232-1292)

Wells Fargo & Other Express (Lots 1293-1322)
Wells Fargo (1293-1308)
American Express (1309-1313)
Other Express (1314-1322)

Mining (Lots 1323-1545)
Hard Goods: Candlesticks, Signs, Etc. (1323-1331)
Books (1332-1338)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1339-1545)

Postal History & Philatelic (Geographic Sort) (Lots 1546-1714)

Gaming (Lots 1715-1735)


Day Two, December 2nd, 2017 (Lots 2000-2750)

Bottles (Lots 2000-2043)

General Americana (Lots 2044-2700)
Jewelry (2044-2059)
Art (2060-2098)
Worlds Fairs & Expositions (2099-2130)
Political (2131-2152)
Geographic Sort (2153-2588)
Misc. Categories incl. Maps & Atlases, Black Americana, Fire, Ephemera (2589-2700)

Foreign Collectibles (Lots 2701-2750)

Day Three, December 3rd, 2017 (Lots 3000-3734)

Firearms & Weaponry (Lots 3000-3167)
Ephemera (3000-3007)
Ammunition (3008-3058)
Pistols & Revolvers (3059-3084)
Rifles & Shotguns (3085-3095)
Scabbards & Misc. (3096-3111)
Swords & Katanas (3112-3167)

Military & War Collectibles (Lots 3168-3231)
Revolutionary War & Civil War (3168-3219)
Spanish American War (3220-3223)
World Wars & Misc. (3224-3231)

Native Americana (Lots 3232-3593)
Alaska incl. Ivory (3232-3307)
Art (3308-3320)
Baskets (3321-3331)
Beadwork (3332-3347)
Rugs & Weavings (3348-3353)
Jewelry (3354-3359)
Kachinas (3360-3385)
Points & Stone Artifacts incl. a Large Georgia Collection (3386-3409)
Pottery (3410-3588)
Ephemera (3589-3593)

Cowboy (Lots 3594-3724)
Ephemera (3594-3626)
Chaps (3627-3666)
Saddle Bags (3667-3685)
Saddles (3686-3718)
Spurs & Misc. (3719-3724)


Taxidermy (Lots 3725-3734)





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Hecla Mine Black & White Real Photo Postcard1398 - Hecla Mine Black & White Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Amazing contrast for this narrow canyon mill and town! Photo by Itabor of Wallace. Great card! Date: Location: Burke, Idaho HWAC # 54551
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 6****A for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho Underground Mining RPCs1399 - Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho Underground Mining RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. Three photos of underground mining at Bunker Hill. Photos are by Leo's Studio: numbers 281, 284 and 285. All are RPCs. One black an...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
Sold to s****y for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Idaho Mining Postcard Group1400 - Idaho Mining Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. Black & white and Color postcards. Used cards dated 1907 to 1911. Two very interesting Boise cards. One shows mule teams ready to ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to c******u for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Delaware Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 18641401 - Delaware Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 1864
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Michigan. No. 259, issued for 100 shares to Thomas A. Alexander on August 18th, 1864. Signed by the president and secretary. Pen cancelled. Al
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*****s for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Quincy Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 18511402 - Quincy Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 1851
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. March 30, 1848. Very low No. 6, issued for 100 shares to Charlette Hicks on October 27th, 1851. Signed by Robert Davidson as president and Thomas
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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Quincy Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 18641403 - Quincy Mining Co. of Michigan Stock Certificate, 1864
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 2088, issued for 5 shares to George Lincoln on Deb. 12th, 1864. Pen cancelled. Allegorical vignette with ships and locomotive. Two 25 cent adhesiv
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b******a for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Naumkeag Copper Co. Stock Certificate, 19141404 - Naumkeag Copper Co. Stock Certificate, 1914
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Located in Houghton, Michigan on the south shore of Portage Lake. Covers the Atlantic and Quincy-Pewabic lodes. According to the Copper Handbook, &q...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to K********o.. for (170.00 + 42.50BP) = 212.50
 
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Seneca Mining Company Stock Certificate, 18761405 - Seneca Mining Company Stock Certificate, 1876
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Highly pictorial Underground vignette at left. Allegorical and mining vignettes at top center. Inc. in Michigan 1853 & 1855. No. 290, issued fo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6****A for (60.00 + 13.20BP) = 73.20
 
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Three Different Michigan Mining Stock Certificates1406 - Three Different Michigan Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Seneca Mining Company of Michigan. No. 1026, issued for 50 shares to John J Hill on Nov. 13, 1908. Not cancelled. Two underground mining vignettes
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j****2 for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Mining Stereoview Group incl. Underground Views (Arizona, Michigan, Montana)1407 - Mining Stereoview Group incl. Underground Views (Arizona, Michigan, Montana)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8 Keystone mining stereoviews (7 different). Includes two underground views: 6147--Wilson Mine, Metcalf, Arizona and 22037--Calumet-Hecla Mines
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to a******l for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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